Quality not
Quantity! The TBA-SA was not established to eliminate other
sanctioning bodies. As fast as Muay Thai is growing, there is more
then enough fighters and events for multiple sanctioning bodies. We
are here to support the TBA-USA and Muay Thai, not FCR, MMA, or even IR.
Mr. Pete Peterson, the president of the TBA-SA, has over 15 years of event
experience, having started promoting events in IL in 1993. Pam
Peterson, TBA-SA office manager, has over 20 years of event planning
experience. The other directors of the TBA-SA all are certified instructors
under Ajarn Chai, and have extensive experience with running a gym, training
fighters, and promoting events. The TBA-SA focuses on Muay Thai
exclusively. By combining these elements, it allows the TBA-SA to host
a truly professionally ran Muay Thai tournament along with sanctioning Muay
Thai events to ensure professionalism and fighter's safety.
The Muay Thai Classic is a WORLD tournament. We are working on
establishing classifications so all fighters, no matter which country or
state they come from, will know they are all fighting within their same
experience levels. Because the classifications vary greatly from one
country (and state!) to the next, this may take some time, but we are
confident that once this is done, we will truly have a "World" event and not
just confined to North America.
MUAY THAI FIGHTER SURVEY
Dear Nakmuay,
Congratulations on your outstanding ring accomplishments in muayThai! As a
fighter, you have been personally selected to participate in The MuayThai
Injury Surveillance during Fight Events study, an innovative research
study investigating injuries incurred during muayThai fights.
If you are 18 years of age or older, please share
your experiences in our approximately 10-15 minute online survey by
visiting
www.survey.pitt.edu/muaythai
when you have internet access. Alternatively, you can have a direct link
emailed to you by the Principal Investigator by emailing Stephen
Strotmeyer at sjsst43@pitt.edu. Rest assured that all of your answers will
be used only for scholarly purposes and will be kept completely
confidential.
Your participation is absolutely critical to
the success of this project. Only through your responses can we better
understand the injuries resulting from participation in muayThai, the
“King of the Ring”. Gaining better insight into the magnitude, scope and
risk factors for fight injury will allow the development of future
prevention and intervention activities.
Thank you again for your so very generous
participation.
Stephen Strotmeyer, MPH
University of Pittsburgh
Center for Social & Urban Research
Thomas J. Songer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology
MAKE PLANS!!!
2011 Muay Thai Classic Tournament!
June 3-5, 2011
Holiday Inn Airport/Convention Center
Des Moines IA
Check out
the vendors that were at the 2010 MTC tournament- VENDORS
We are still having difficulties getting the footage from the 2009
MTC compiled into a master collection for duplication. We are
looking for an individual interested in putting the 36 hours of
footage together into a finished DVD collection. Please contact
me if you are interested and include your rates. Thanks!
TBA-SA Officials Certification Workshops
to Be Announced!
Want to be
certified with the TBA-SA as a judge, referee, representative,
timeskeeper?
Coming soon will be workshops in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Iowa!
We will post the dates/locations soon!
In Loving Memory of
Mrs. Sirisute
November 19, 2008
Mark DeLuca defeated Raul Llopis to become
the Professional
TBA-SA Super Lightweight World Champion!
Read fight results at
www.roundkickrumble.com
